Creating treats, one stitch at a time

Me-Made-May, Days 1-8*, Greek-style

I have to admit, I am missing the sun already. I need to go out in this wretched weather but all I want to do is wrap myself up in a duvet and re-live last week, cocktail in hand. Oh well. Life in London must go on. I missed my sewing machine and cannot wait to get started on making tops and dresses. I wasn’t able to sew everything that was on my island-spired sewing list but I do still plan to make them soon.

So let’s begin.

Day 1 of MMM’12 is brought to you by the a Colette Sorbetto I never blogged about. It’s a buttery floral top that I love wearing with my mint green cardi. It was the perfect travel outfit; nice and comfy.

Warning: I apologize if my eyes look shifty or cartoonish. They like to disappear as soon as the sun comes out. And that sun was BLAZING in Crete. It was wonderful.

On Day 2 I wore my Simplicity 2451 Lobster Skirt. That cardi didn’t last long. It was super warm by the time 10AM rolled around.

I wore my new linen paisley Darling Ranges Dress on Day 3. It was very see-through so I had to wear it with a light slip. It was so light and airy, like wearing my own personal air conditioner. I’m having a love affair with linen and linen/cotton at the moment. I wore it quite a bit on this trip.

The sun was killing my eyes. So not used to it anymore.

Day 4

Another Darling Ranges Dress. Not a perfect make but I’ll take it. I griped about the darts on this garment but I still wear it ALL.THE.TIME. I love the blue color with the contrasting buttons. It’s uber comfy and makes me feel like skipping.

On Day 5 We headed to Knossos Palace, where the land the palace is built on was first settled in 8000 B.C. WHOAH.

Day 6 I wore a linen/cotton mix maxi dress (New Look 6230).

Day 7 was spent pool-side so I wore my linen Darling dress as a bathing suit cover-up.

Day 8 was our last day in the sun. Boo. I wore another not-blogged Colette Sorbetto, made with a linen/cotton paisley fabric.

So my first MMM’12 week went great! I definitely did more than the 3 days a week that I set out to do but that was my plan. I know it’ll get more complicated as the days go by so I might fall back to 3 days at some point. Although, I am hoping not to.

Can someone please work on getting the sun to visit England? This weather is bleak!

*UPDATE: I thought I wore my maxi dress and my linen Darling dress on the same day (Day 6) but realized it was in fact two separate days. Helps that my hair was styled differently in both photos. Ha!

Now Buttercup, when you get bored with any of these outfits- you just mail them on to little me- I love them all!!!
I’d also like to start a sentence with ‘Crete was glorious’ at some point in my life! Lucky!

Wow, stunning scenery to match your lovely makes! It’s so nice to know that at least you got some sunshine…it’s so horrible here, makes me want to cry! Can I also just say how great you are looking in your jeans and Sorbettos? Fantastic stuff!!!

Ooooh you lucky lucky thing you – am so jealous! We’ve been wasting away here in the gray drizzle! I love your maxi dress and your darling ranges dresses – superb! I never thought of making a maxi dress for summer but I think you’ve just inspired me!

Wow! Crete is gorgeous!!! I have to get there soon. And look at that beautiful sun after all of this icky English rain we’ve been having. I also love the wardrobe! Too damn cute!! I love the lobster skirt. Glad you had a wonderful week!!!

How come I managed to miss this post of yours, I don’t know, but I love everyone single one of these outfits. My personal favourite is the green maxi dress. I’m eagerly awaiting for MMM 2013. Are you going to follow the same concept? I might!
Adrienne